Ultramicro circuit board based on ultrathin adhesiveless flexible carbon-based material and preparation method thereof

ABSTRACT

An ultramicro circuit board based on an ultrathin adhesiveless flexible carbon-based material and a preparation method thereof. The method comprises the steps of: S1. depositing to form a PI film on a surface of a quantum carbon-based film through a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) reaction, and manufacturing a flexible circuit board base material with a quantum carbon-based film/PI double-layer composite structure; and S2. manufacturing a high-frequency ultramicro circuit antenna on the flexible circuit board base material through a laser scanning etching method. The preparation method has the advantages of being good in environmental friendliness, high in efficiency, low in manufacturing cost and the like, and the manufactured antenna ultramicro circuit board has the advantages of being high in thermal and electrical conductivity, ultra-flexible, low in dielectric, low in loss and high in shielding performance, which can be applied to 5G equipment.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims priority to CN patent application NO.201911047676.5 filed on 2019 Oct. 30. The contents of theabove-mentioned application are all hereby incorporated by reference.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention

The invention relates to an ultramicro circuit board based on anultrathin adhesiveless flexible carbon-based material and a preparationmethod thereof.

2. Description of the Prior Art

A flexible printed circuit board (FPC) mainly consists of a flexibleinsulating base film and a metal foil. It is commonly formed by bondingthe insulating base film and the metal copper foil with an adhesive. Thetypical flexible substrate material is flexible copper clad laminate(FCCL), which is an important base material for FPC manufacture in thepast decades with its market rapidly expanding. With the developmenttrend of ultra-thin, flexible, highly integrated and multi-functionalelectronic instruments, the number of I/O terminals of a CPU chipbecomes larger and larger, and the wiring width and spacing of a FPCcorresponding to the number of I/O terminals are also sharply narrowed.As the Joule calorific value is increased to generate high temperature,especially when a large amount of Joule heat is generated when largecurrent flows through a circuit, the conventional FPC with the FCCL as aflexible circuit board base material can generate circuit fusing riskdue to the problem of poor thermal conductivity. On the other hand, withthe advent of the 5G high-speed and high-frequency communication era,the emerging markets, such as artificial intelligence and Internet ofThings, have posed higher challenges to the traditional PCB and FPCindustries. The need for a circuit board base material with highfrequency, high speed, high thermal conductivity, and high shieldingperformance has become an urgent task.

The disclosure of the above background art is only used for assisting inunderstanding the inventive concept and technical solution of thepresent invention, and does not necessarily belong to the prior art ofthe present patent application. Insofar as there is no explicit evidencethat the above-mentioned contents have been disclosed on the filing dateof the present patent application, the above-mentioned background artshould not be used for evaluating the novelty and inventive step of thepresent application.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention mainly aims to overcome the defects in the priorart, and provides an ultramicro circuit board based on an ultrathinadhesiveless flexible carbon-based material and a preparation methodthereof.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention adopts thefollowing technical solution:

A preparation method of an ultramicro circuit board based on anultrathin adhesiveless flexible carbon-based material, comprises thesteps of:

S1. depositing to form a PI film on a surface of a quantum carbon-basedfilm through a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) reaction, andmanufacturing a flexible circuit board base material with a quantumcarbon-based film/PI double-layer composite structure; and

S2. manufacturing a high-frequency ultramicro circuit antenna on theflexible circuit board base material through a laser scanning etchingmethod.

Further:

when the high-frequency ultramicro circuit antenna is manufactured inthe step S2, the laser energy density is controlled to be 0.5-1.0 J/cm²,preferably 0.8 J/cm², and the laser scanning speed is controlled to be50-300 mm/s, preferably 100 mm/s; preferably, the circuit linewidth/line spacing is 5 nm/5 nm; preferably, an antenna ultramicrocircuit is etched in alignment by rapidly moving a beam through ascanning galvanometer, and non-contact analog imaging is employed.

Before the step S1, the preparation method further comprises the stepsof manufacturing the quantum carbon-based film:

S01. hybridizing anhydride containing phenyl with diamine to obtain athermoplastic polyimide resin precursor;

S02. preparing a polyimide thin film by using the thermoplasticpolyimide resin precursor;

S03. carbonizing and blackleading the polyimide thin film, dopingnano-metal to the polyimide thin film, and performing ion implantationand ion exchange, wherein a nano monoclinic crystal phase in the film ischanged into a tetragonal crystal, and the single crystal is changedinto a superlattice; and

S04. performing high-temperature annealing treatment on the materialobtained in the step S03 to generate a super-flexible ultra-thincompound semiconductor film.

In step S02, a diamino dianthryl ether is used for gel synthesis withthe thermoplastic polyimide resin precursor, and a blowout type sprayingmethod is used for uniformly forming a film to obtain a heterogeneoushybridized polyimide thin film; preferably, the gel synthesis isperformed above −100° C., preferably the diamino dianthryl ether has ahybridized molecular weight greater than 1,000,000.

In the step S03, when dehydrogenating and denitrifying duringblackleading, nano-metal is doped with a protective gas at a pressure of50 Kpa, and the nano-metal is selected from Al, Ga, In and Ge,preferably from Ga, In and Ge, with a particle size of 1,000 nm or less,preferably 400 nm or less.

In step S04, an annealing process is performed at a temperature notlower than 3,200° C. to make a base film material expand, deoxidize andreplace, transform crystal phase change to meet the high-orientationrequirement of the superlattice.

Step S1 comprises: firstly, performing plasma modification treatment onthe surface of the quantum carbon-based film, preferably argon plasma,and generating an acrylic acid grafted layer on a surface of the quantumcarbon-based film through a grafting reaction; depositing on the surfaceof the quantum carbon-based film to form the PI film;

preferably, the plasma treatment discharge power is 20-150 W, theworking air pressure is 10-100 Pa, and the treatment time is 5-30 min;preferably, the discharge power is 70 W, the working pressure is 70 Pa,and the treatment time is 15 min;

preferably, generating the acrylic graft layer comprises: immersing thequantum carbon-based film subjected to plasma treatment into an acrylicacid solution with a volume concentration of 2%-10% for graftingreaction; preferably, the concentration of the acrylic acid solution is4%; preferably, the surface of the film is rinsed with distilled waterafter being immersed in the acrylic acid solution and heated in a 40° C.water bath for 5-6 h, then the film is immersed in distilled water, andafter being heated in a 60° C. water bath for 24 h, the quantumcarbon-based film is vacuum dried.

Step S1 further comprises: performing rapid thermal treatment on theformed PI film to completely imidize the PI film and eliminate aninternal stress of the PI film; preferably, performing rapid thermaltreatment on the freshly deposited PI film in a rapid thermal annealing(RTA) furnace in an inert gas atmosphere, preferably nitrogen, for 10min at a thermal treatment temperature of 200-350° C.

In step S1, depositing to form the PI film comprises: alternatelydepositing a monomer dianhydride precursor and a monomer diamineprecursor on the surface of the quantum carbon-based film, andperforming cyclic deposition, wherein the thickness of the depositedfilm is controlled by controlling the number of cycles of deposition;preferably, the monomeric dianhydride precursor is one or a combinationof several of 3,3′,4,4′-biphenyltetracarboxylic dianhydride,2,3,3′,4′-diphenyl ether tetracarboxylic dianhydride, 3,3′,4,4-diphenylether tetracarboxylic dianhydride, and 2,2-bis (3,4-dicarboxyphenyl)hexafluoropropionic dianhydride; the monomeric diamine precursor is oneor a combination of several of m-phenylenediamine, p-phenylenediamine,3,3′-diaminodiphenyl ether, 3,4′-diaminodiphenyl ether,3,3′-diaminotoluene, 3,3′-diaminediphenyl sulfone and 4,4′-diaminediphenyl sulfone;

preferably, one deposition cycle comprises the steps of:

S11. sending the evaporated monomer dianhydride precursor to the surfaceof the quantum carbon-based film in the form of an inert gas pulse,preferably nitrogen pulse for a pulse period of 1.5-7.0 s, preferably3.0 s, and at a reactor pressure of 2-3 mbar; and

S12. sending the evaporated monomer diamine precursor to the surface ofthe quantum carbon-based film in the form of an inert gas pulse,preferably nitrogen pulse, and reacting with a dianhydride precursorwhich is chemisorbed on the surface of the quantum carbon-based film fora pulse time of 1.0-5.0 s, preferably 2.0 s, and at a reactor pressureof 2-3 mbar;

more preferably, after steps S11 and 12, an inert gas purge, preferablynitrogen, is performed before the next step, preferably the purging timeis 1.5-3.0 s.

An ultramicro circuit board based on an ultrathin adhesiveless flexiblecarbon-based material, is an ultramicro circuit board prepared by usingthe method.

The present invention has the following beneficial effects:

The invention provides an ultramicro circuit board based on an ultrathinadhesiveless flexible carbon-based material and a preparation methodthereof. The flexible carbon-based film is used as a substrate, chemicalvapor deposition (CVD) is performed on the quantum carbon-based film,and a flexible circuit board base material with a quantum carbon-basedfilm/PI (for example, 20 μm/20 μm) double-layer composite structure ismanufactured. The flexible circuit board base material is an ultra-thinadhesiveless flexible carbon-based material, and is a novel basematerial that can replace a traditional FPC base material FCCL (flexiblecopper clad laminate) to manufacture an antenna ultra-micro circuitboard. The conductor copper foil layer in the traditional FCCL can bereplaced by flexible quantum carbon-based film replaces, and thecarbon-based circuit board manufactured by using the flexible circuitboard base material has the advantages of good thermal and electricalconductivity, large specific heat, excellent heat resistance, lowtemperature rises when large current passes, no fusing of circuitdevices, with greatly improved reliability, at the same time, theexcellent electromagnetic shielding performance is good, which can wellmeet the requirement of 5G communication equipment. Dry etching circuitis performed through a laser method, an ultrafast laser processingsystem is adopted to rapidly move light beams through a scanninggalvanometer to realize alignment etching of an antenna ultramicrocircuit, non-contact analog imaging is adopted to rapidly process, and ahigh-frequency antenna ultramicro circuit board is obtained. The processhas the advantages of being good in environmental friendliness, high inefficiency, low in manufacturing cost and the like, and the manufacturedantenna ultramicro circuit board has the advantages of being low indielectric, low in loss and high in shielding performance, which can beapplied to 5G equipment, and is particularly used for manufacturingproducts of 5G and next generation Wi-Fi technologies with highfrequency, high shielding, low power consumption and low cost.

In a preferred embodiment, the flexible circuit board base material ofthe manufactured quantum carbon-based film/PI (20 μm/20 μm) double-layercomposite structure is a C-C-FPC flexible circuit substrate or aC-C-FCCL substrate material having high electrical conductivity,ultra-flexibility, high thermal conductivity and high frequencycharacteristics.

Further advantages can be obtained in the preferred embodiment, forexample, the preparation process of the quantum carbon-based film usesion implantation and ion exchange, doping the nano transition metal,doping the nano transition metal with a protective gas at a gas pressureof 50 Kpa, and high-temperature annealing treatment, and the finalmaterial has excellent properties of high specific surface area, lowresistance, high conductivity and high carrier mobility, high carrierconcentration, high thermal conductivity, thermal resistance and thelike, and the carbon element phase is changed from a single crystal to asuperlattice and transits from one axis to two axes, so that the superflexibility of the base material is realized. Specific advantages willbe described in further detail in connection with the embodiments.

These and other objectives of the present invention will no doubt becomeobvious to those of ordinary skill in the art after reading thefollowing detailed description of the preferred embodiment that isillustrated in the various figures and drawings.

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described indetail. It should be emphasized that the following description isexemplary only and is not intended to limit the scope of the inventionand application thereof.

In one embodiment, a preparation method of an ultramicro circuit boardbased on an ultrathin adhesiveless flexible carbon-based material,comprises the steps of:

S1. depositing to form a PI film on a surface of a quantum carbon-basedfilm through a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) reaction, andmanufacturing a flexible circuit board base material with a quantumcarbon-based film/PI double-layer composite structure; and

S2. manufacturing a high-frequency ultramicro circuit antenna on theflexible circuit board base material through a laser scanning etchingmethod.

The flexible carbon-based film is used as a substrate, chemical vapordeposition (CVD) is performed on the quantum carbon-based film, and aflexible circuit board base material with a quantum carbon-based film/PI(for example, 20 μm/20 μm) double-layer composite structure ismanufactured. The flexible circuit board base material is an ultra-thinadhesiveless flexible carbon-based material, and is a novel basematerial that can replace a traditional FPC base material FCCL (flexiblecopper clad laminate) to manufacture an antenna ultra-micro circuitboard. The conductor copper foil layer in the traditional FCCL can bereplaced by flexible quantum carbon-based film replaces, and thecarbon-based circuit board manufactured by using the flexible circuitboard base material has the advantages of good thermal and electricalconductivity, large specific heat, excellent heat resistance, lowtemperature rises when large current passes, no fusing of circuitdevices, with greatly improved reliability, at the same time, theexcellent electromagnetic shielding performance is good, which can wellmeet the requirement of 5G communication equipment.

In a preferred embodiment, when the high-frequency ultramicro circuitantenna is manufactured in the step S2, the laser energy density iscontrolled to be 0.5-1.0 J/cm², preferably 0.8 J/cm², and the laserscanning speed is controlled to be 50-300 mm/s, preferably 100 mm/s;preferably, the circuit line width/line spacing is 5 nm/5 nm;preferably, an antenna ultramicro circuit is etched in alignment byrapidly moving a beam through a scanning galvanometer, and non-contactanalog imaging is employed.

Dry etching circuit is performed through a laser method, an ultrafastlaser processing system is adopted to rapidly move light beams through ascanning galvanometer to realize alignment etching of an antennaultramicro circuit, non-contact analog imaging is adopted to rapidlyprocess, and a high-frequency antenna ultramicro circuit is obtained.The process has the advantages of being good in environmentalfriendliness, high in efficiency, low in manufacturing cost and thelike, and the manufactured antenna ultramicro circuit has the advantagesof being low in dielectric, low in loss and high in shieldingperformance, which can be applied to 5G equipment, and is particularlyused for manufacturing products of 5G and next generation Wi-Fitechnologies with high frequency, high shielding, low power consumptionand low cost.

In a preferred embodiment, before the step S1, the preparation methodfurther comprises the steps of manufacturing the quantum carbon-basedfilm:

S01. hybridizing anhydride containing phenyl with diamine to obtain athermoplastic polyimide resin precursor;

S02. preparing a polyimide thin film by using the thermoplasticpolyimide resin precursor;

S03. carbonizing and blackleading the polyimide thin film, dopingnano-metal to the polyimide thin film, and performing ion implantationand ion exchange, wherein a nano monoclinic crystal phase in the film ischanged into a tetragonal crystal, and the single crystal is changedinto a superlattice; and

S04. performing high-temperature annealing treatment on the materialobtained in the step S03 to generate a super-flexible ultra-thincompound semiconductor film.

The preparation method of the flexible carbon-based film provided by thepreferred embodiment, a thermoplastic polyimide resin precursor isobtained by hybridizing anhydride containing phenyl and diamine, ahigh-density polyimide film is prepared from the precursor, preferably,a high-density thick film is prepared with double-inclined heterogeneoushybridized polyimide having high heat resistance and degree of freedomby adopting a chemical spraying method; Carbonization and blackleadinghigh-temperature process are performed on the obtained polyimide thinfilm, and ion implantation and ion exchange are performed by doping anano-metal material to change the nano monoclinic crystal phase into atetragonal crystal; and the high-temperature annealing process isoptimized to make a base film material expand, deoxidize and replace,make the metal nano-element liquid crystalline phase change and thedefect crystal boundary reduce, so as to ensure that the layered planedirection is aligned with the vertical direction and has higherorientation performance, the superlattice is oriented more than 87%,thus the van der waals force is optimized. The experimental results showthat the compound semiconductor material C-C-X with band gap of 2.3 EV,carrier concentration of 1.6×10²⁰ cm⁻³, resistivity of 2.310E-04(Ω·m/cm), high temperature, high voltage, high frequency performance,large width of 920-1,200 mm, super-flexible, ultra-thin layermicrostructure can be obtained by the preparation method of the presentinvention.

In step S01, hybridizing anhydride containing phenyl with diamine toobtain a thermoplastic polyimide resin precursor. The specific methodmay be referred to the method disclosed in the applicant's prior patentapplication CN 109776826 A. Step S01 of the preferred embodimentcomprises:

dissolving 30-60 parts by volume of 2,2-bis [4-(4-aminophenoxy)phenyl]propane (BAPP), 30-60 parts by volume of 4,4′-diaminodiphenylether (4,4′-ODA) and 7-14 parts by volume of diamino dianthryl ether(also known as heterodiamine, the structural formula is

in N, N-dimethylformamide (DMF), adding 30-60 parts by volume of3,3′,4,4′-benzophenone tetracarboxylic dianhydride (BTDA), then adding20-40 parts by volume of pyromellitic dianhydride (PMDA), after a periodof reaction, additionally adding 3,3′,4,4′-benzophenone tetracarboxylicdianhydride (BTDA) and/or pyromellitic dianhydride (PMDA) and obtaininga polyimide resin precursor with thermoplasticity, heat resistance andfreedom degree.

In a more preferred embodiment, in step S1, the total number of moles of3,3′,4,4′-benzophenone tetracarboxylic dianhydride (BTDA) andpyromellitic dianhydride (PMDA) is made approximately equal to the totalmoles of 2,2-bis [4-(4-aminophenoxy) phenyl]propane (BAPP),4,4′-diaminodiphenyl ether (4,4′-ODA) and diamino dianthryl ether.

In a preferred embodiment, in step S2, a diamino dianthryl ether is usedfor gel synthesis with the thermoplastic polyimide resin precursor, anda blowout type spraying method is used for uniformly forming a film toobtain a heterogeneous hybridized polyimide thin film.

In a more preferred embodiment, in step S2, the gel synthesis isperformed above −100° C. Preferably the diamino dianthryl ether has ahybridized molecular weight greater than 1,000,000.

In step S02, a diamino dianthryl ether is used for gel synthesis withthe thermoplastic polyimide resin precursor, and a blowout type sprayingmethod is used for uniformly forming a film. The heterodiamine (diaminodianthryl ether) has a hybridized molecular weight greater than1,000,000, is subjected to gel synthesis at a temperature of more than−100° C., and is uniformly formed into a film through a blowout typespraying method. The high-density polyimide thick film is prepared byvolatilizing a solvent through a blowout apparatus and isolating thesolvent from moisture.

The specific preparation method may be referred to the method disclosedin the applicant's prior patent application CN 109776826 A.

In a preferred embodiment, in step S3, when dehydrogenating anddenitrifying the film material during a blackleading process, and thenano-metal is doped with the protective gas at a pressure of 50 kPa.

Preferably, two or more of the three protective gases N, Ar, Ne aremixed and used in the carbonization and blackleading treatment, morepreferably 50% of N and 50% of Ar are mixed and used in thecarbonization, more preferably 50% of Ar and 50% of Ne are mixed andused in the blackleading process. This design is very helpful foroxidation resistance. During carbonization and blackleading process, themixed protective gas effectively protects the surface from theinfluences of oxidation and air pressure. High purity neon is alsooptional in blackleading.

In a preferred embodiment, the nano-metal is selected from Al, Ga, Inand Ge, preferably from Ga, In and Ge, with a particle size below 1,000nm, preferably below 400 nm.

In step S03, carbonizing and blackleading the polyimide thin film,doping nano-metal to the polyimide thin film, and performing ionimplantation and ion exchange, wherein a nano monoclinic crystal phasein the film is changed into a tetragonal crystal, and the single crystalis changed into a superlattice. Specifically, a full-automaticcontinuous carbonization and blackleading furnace is adopted, thepolyimide thin film passes through a preheating area, a heating andconstant-temperature heating area and a cooling area in the process, sothat the ion implantation and ion exchange time meets the set processrequirement, which is sequentially and circularly operated through heatsources, protective gas, temperature, time and speed control.

For doping nano-metal, particularly when dehydrogenating anddenitrifying during the blackleading process, the nano-metal is dopedwith the protective gas at a gas pressure of 50 Kpa. The nano-metal isselected from Al, Ga, In and Ge, preferably Ga, In and Ge. Thenano-metal has a particle size below 1,000 nm, preferably 400 nm. Forion implantation and ion exchange, during blackleading, the base filmstarts an expansion period at 2800° C., a single crystal and amonoclinic crystal change, phase a carbon element lattice is complete,the nano-metal is injected during deoxidation, the nano-metal elementchanges phase from a transition element to a tetragonal lattice, andmeanwhile, the single crystal is changed into a superlattice.

In a preferred embodiment, in step S04, an annealing process isperformed at a temperature not lower than 3,200° C. to make a base filmmaterial expand, deoxidize and replace, transform crystal phase changeto meet the high-orientation requirement of the superlattice.

In step S04, in order to reduce the defect grain boundaries andtransition from one axis to two axes, the annealing process ispreferably performed at an extremely high temperature of 3,200° C.Through cyclic expansion, deoxidation replacement and transformation ofcrystal phase change, the layered plane direction is aligned with thevertical direction to meet the requirement of high orientation, thesuperlattice is oriented more than 87%, so that van der waals force isoptimized to make the flexible carbon-based film reach a K value of1900±100 W/m⁻¹k⁻¹, without wrinkle and super elasticity, and fold morethan 8000 times at 10% elongation limit, and bent more than 100,000cycles at 180° C. With a semiconductor carrier concentration up to1.6×10²⁰, the flexible carbon base film has high thermal conductivity,due, at least in part, to high concentration, core vibration ofparticles in the crystal lattice, scaling of domain size, formation ofinterfacial boundary pores, it has high crystallinity and reduced defectgrain boundaries, has a thermal conductivity K value reaches 1488W/m⁻¹k⁻¹ at a thickness of 30 μm with very limited strain, whichrealized super flexibility in the range of 0.2%-0.4%.

By preferably using an annealing process with an extremely hightemperature not less than 3,200° C., the defective grain boundaries areeffectively eliminated. The defect means that there is no defect inoxygen-containing functional groups, nanocavities and SP₃ carbon bondson the surface of the compound semiconductor C-C-X base film. Thecrystal in the super-elastic carbon-carbon-hybrid alkene sheet can befolded, with the large elongation adapt to the external tension, it canprovide sufficient degree of freedom for bending deformation. At thesame time, high temperature annealing reduces the phonon scatteringcenter, the defects in the lattice structure and in the functionalgroups of carbon-carbon-X base films.

In other preferred embodiments, step S1 comprises: firstly, performingplasma modification treatment on the surface of the quantum carbon-basedfilm, preferably argon plasma, and generating an acrylic acid graftedlayer on the surface of the quantum carbon-based film through a graftingreaction; depositing on the surface of the quantum carbon-based film toform the PI film.

The quantum carbon-based film can also be obtained from the aboveembodiments, or with reference to the method disclosed in theapplicant's prior patent application CN 109776826 A.

Preferably, step S1 comprises the steps of:

performing plasma modification treatment on the surface of the quantumcarbon-based film;

performing CVD vapor deposition reaction on the surface of the quantumcarbon-based film to obtain a PI film;

performing rapid thermal treatment of PI films formed by CVD deposition.

The argon plasma modification treatment process of the quantumcarbon-based film comprises the steps of:

(1) placing the quantum carbon-based film in acetone solution oranhydrous ethanol, cleaning with ultrasonic waves, and then vacuumdrying in a vacuum drying box;

(2) performing argon plasma treatment after the treatment is finished,the plasma treatment power is 20-150 W, the working pressure is 10-100Pa, and the treatment time is 5-30 min. Preferably, the discharge poweris 70 W, the discharge time is 15 min, and the working pressure is 70Pa; and

(3) after performing surface modification of the quantum carbon-basedfilm by plasma, the surface of the quantum carbon-based film is graftedby a chemical treatment method, so that the bonding property of thequantum carbon-based film can be improved. The chemical treatment methodis to subject the plasma treated quantum carbon-based film to graftingreaction in an acrylic acid solution.

The specific procedure is to immerse the quantum carbon-based filmtreated by plasma in an acrylic acid solution, followed by heating in a40° C. water bath for 5-6 h. After completion, the surface of the filmis rinsed with distilled water, and the film is immersed in distilledwater and heated in a water bath at 60° C. for 24 h. After completion,the lamina is vacuum dried. The acrylic acid solution has a volumeconcentration of 2-10%. Preferably the concentration of the acrylic acidsolution is 4%;

The vapor deposition reaction of the PI film on the surface of thequantum carbon-based film comprises the steps of:

(1) Evaporating a monomer dianhydride precursor in a glass crucible of areactor at a certain evaporation temperature, wherein the reactorpressure is 2-3 mbar, sending to the surface of the quantum carbon-basedfilm treated by argon plasma in S1 in the form of gas pulse through anitrogen valve, wherein the pulse time is 1.5-7.0 s, preferably 3.0 s;the monomeric dianhydride precursor may be one or a combination ofseveral of 3, 3′,4,4′-biphenyltetracarboxylic dianhydride,2,3,3′,4′-diphenyl ether tetracarboxylic dianhydride, 3, 3′,4,4-diphenylether tetracarboxylic dianhydride, or 2,2-bis (3,4-dicarboxyphenyl)hexafluoropropionic dianhydride.

(2) Nitrogen purging, purging time: 1.5-3.0 s;

(3) Evaporating a monomer diamine precursor in a glass crucible of areactor at a certain evaporation temperature, wherein the reactorpressure is 2-3 mbar, sending to the surface of the quantum carbon-basedfilm treated by argon plasma in S1 in the form of gas pulse through anitrogen valve, and reacting with a dianhydride precursor which ischemisorbed on the surface of the quantum carbon-based film, wherein thepulse time is 1.0-5.0 s, preferably 2.0 s; the monomeric diamineprecursor can is one or a combination of several of m-phenylenediamine,p-phenylenediamine, 3, 3′-diaminodiphenyl ether, 3, 4′-diaminodiphenylether, 3, 3′-diaminotoluene, 3, 3′-diaminediphenyl sulfone or 4,4′-diamine diphenyl sulfone.

(4) Nitrogen purging, purging time: 1.5-3.0 s.

Steps (1) to (4) are one deposition cycle(dianhydride-nitrogen-diamine-nitrogen), after which the above cycle isrepeated, the thickness of the deposited film is controlled by thenumber of cycles.

The rapid thermal treatment of the CVD deposited PI film, the PI filmjust deposited is subjected to thermal treatment in a rapid thermalannealing furnace (RTA) so as to completely imidize and eliminate aninternal stress of the deposited film, and the annealing is performed ina nitrogen atmosphere fora time of 10 min at a thermal treatmenttemperature of 200-350° C.

According to the preferred embodiment described above, the reaction ofgaseous species at the gas phase or gas-solid interface to form a solidthin film material is performed by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) onthe quantum carbon-based surface layer using the steps described above.The thin film material comprises a thermosetting resin doped with a highfrequency, low dielectric polyimide resin. During chemical vapordeposition (CVD), monomer dianhydride precursor resin and monomerdiamine react alternately, and a thermosetting resin thin film issynthesized by chemical vapor deposition doped with low dielectricinorganic to obtain a flexible circuit board (C-FPC) base material basedon a quantum carbon-based film. The experimental results show that thematerial has uniform surface distribution, smooth appearance, roughnesswithin 2 nm, no peeling, bending strength ≥130 mpa, high frequency of 10GHz, dielectric constant ≤2±0.03, insertion loss ≤0.2 DB/inch, thermaldecomposition temperature ≥300° C., thermal conductivity 1400 W/m⁻¹k⁻¹,coefficient of thermal expansion ≤19 ppm/° C.

According to the preferred embodiment, the deposited PI film is uniformin thickness, smooth in appearance, good in bonding force with thequantum carbon-based film and controllable in thickness, and has obviousadvantages in uniformity, shape preservation, step coverage rate,thickness control and the like of the film layer.

The prepared PI thin film has the advantages of being controllable inthickness, better in uniformity and surface flatness, free of solventpollution or interference, capable of depositing a film on the surfaceof a complex structure and the like, and has great strengths inpreparation of planar films and microspheres.

The outstanding beneficial effects are, inter alia, the following:

(1) The argon plasma treatment surface modification treatment isperformed on the surface of the quantum carbon-based film, so that thebonding strength between the PI film and the quantum carbon-based filmis greatly improved.

In the plasma state, after plasma treatment is performed on the surfaceof the quantum carbon-based film by using inert gas argon, a largeamount of peroxy radicals are generated on the surface of the film, andthe peroxy radicals ROO. will react with acrylic acid as follows:ROO.+CH₂═CHCOOH→ROO—CH═CHCOOH, so that an acrylic acid grafted layer canbe generated on the surface of the quantum carbon-based film, and theacrylic acid grafted layer is hydrophilic, thus the possibility ofreducing the contact angle and improving the bonding strength of thesurface of the quantum carbon-based film is provided.

(2) Depositing PI thin films on the surface of quantum carbon films byCVD, the PI thin films with uniform deposition, controllable filmthickness and close composition to strict stoichiometric ratio can beobtained.

During CVD, thin films are deposited by alternating saturated pulses ofprecursor gases with inert gas purging at intervals. Complementarity andself-limiting of surface reactions are the two most important featuresof CVD, which in turn determine the controllability of film thicknessand the correct stoichiometric ratio.

(3) The conductor copper foil layer in the traditional FCCL can bereplaced by quantum carbon-based film, and the carbon-based circuitboard manufactured has good thermal and electrical conductivity, largespecific heat, excellent heat resistance, low temperature rises whenlarge current passes, no fusing, with greatly improved reliability,which is particularly suitable for manufacturing small-size high-powerdevices.

By adopting the preferred technical embodiment, the PI thin filmdeposited by the CVD method is uniformly distributed on the surface areaof the whole quantum carbon-based film, the appearance is smooth, thethickness tolerance is not more than 5%, the roughness is not more than2 nm, the bonding force with the quantum carbon base film is good, nopeeling or shedding occurs in the tape test, and the film thickness canbe flexibly controlled by adjusting the deposition cycle times.

Preferred embodiments and effects thereof are further described below.

Example 1

Raw Materials:

3,3′,4,4′-biphenyltetracarboxylic dianhydride

m-phenylenediamine

nitrogen (carrier gas/purge gas)

quantum carbon-based films (thickness: 20 μm)

water vapor

Instrument:

CVD vapor deposition apparatus (Finland)

PEO601 RTA rapid thermal annealing furnace (Germany)

Preparation Steps:

S1: performing argon plasma modification treatment on the surface of thequantum carbon-based film, comprising the steps of:

(1) placing the quantum carbon-based film in acetone solution oranhydrous ethanol, cleaning with ultrasonic waves, and then vacuumdrying in a vacuum drying box;

(2) performing argon plasma treatment after the treatment is finished,the plasma treatment power is 70 W, the working pressure 70 Pa, and thetreatment time is 15 min; and

(3) After performing surface modification of the quantum carbon-basedfilm by plasma, the surface of the quantum carbon-based film is graftedby a chemical treatment method, so that the bonding property of thequantum carbon-based film can be improved. The chemical treatment methodis to subject the plasma treated quantum carbon-based film to graftingreaction in an acrylic acid solution. The specific procedure is toimmerse the quantum carbon-based film treated by plasma in an acrylicacid solution, followed by heating in a 40° C. water bath for 5-6 h.After completion, the surface of the film is rinsed with distilledwater, and the film is immersed in distilled water and heated in a waterbath at 60° C. for 24 h. After completion, the lamina is vacuum dried.The concentration of the acrylic acid solution is 4%.

S2: performing ALD deposition reaction of the PI film on the surface ofthe quantum carbon-based film, comprising the steps of:

(1) Evaporating 3,3′,4,4′-biphenyltetracarboxylic dianhydride precursorin a glass crucible of a reactor at an evaporation temperature of 160°C., wherein the reactor pressure is 2-3 mbar, sending to the surface ofthe quantum carbon-based film treated by plasma in S1 in the form of gaspulse through a nitrogen valve, wherein the pulse time is 3.0 s;

(2) Nitrogen purging, purging time: 1.5-3.0 s;

(3) Evaporating a m-phenylenediamine precursor in a glass crucible of areactor at a evaporation temperature of 150° C., wherein the reactorpressure is 2-3 mbar, sending to the surface of the quantum carbon-basedfilm treated by plasma in S1 in the form of gas pulse through a nitrogenvalve, and reacting with a dianhydride precursor which is chemisorbed onthe surface of the copper foil, wherein the pulse time is 2.0 s;

(4) Nitrogen purging, purging time: 1.5-3.0 s.

The above (1) to (4) are one deposition cycle(dianhydride-nitrogen-diamine-nitrogen), after which the above cycle isrepeated, the thickness of the deposited film is controlled by thenumber of cycles. For ease of comparison, the number of cycles in thepresent invention is uniformly 1,000.

S3: performing rapid thermal treatment of PI films deposited by CVDvapor deposition

performing thermal treatment on the PI film just deposited in S2 in arapid thermal annealing furnace (RTA) to completely imidize andeliminate an internal stress of the deposited film, and performingannealing in a nitrogen atmosphere for a time of 10 min, at atemperature of 200-350° C.

Example 2

The difference from Example 1 is: this is a CVD vapor deposition of PIprepared from monomer raw materials 2,3,3′,4′-diphenyl ethertetracarboxylic dianhydride and 3,3′-diaminodiphenyl ether on thesurface of quantum carbon-based film, the deposition cycle and thereaction conditions are as follows: 2,3,3′,4′-diphenyl ethertetracarboxylic dianhydride gas pulses (deposition temperature: 170° C.,pulse time: 3.0 s)—N₂ (purging time: 1.5-3.0 s)—3, 3′-diaminodiphenylether gas pulse (deposition temperature: 150° C., pulse time: 2.0 s)—N₂(purging time: 1.5-3.0 s). The rest is the same as in Example 1.

Example 3

The difference from Example 1 is: this is a CVD deposition of PIprepared from monomer raw materials 2,3,3′,4′-diphenyl ethertetracarboxylic dianhydride and 3,3′-diaminediphenyl sulfone on thesurface of quantum carbon-based film, the deposition cycle and thereaction conditions are as follows: 3,3′,4,4-diphenyl ethertetracarboxylic dianhydride gas pulses (deposition temperature: 141° C.,pulse time: 3.0 s)—N₂ (purging time: 1.5-3.0 s) —3,3′-diaminediphenylsulfone gas pulse (deposition temperature: 100° C., pulse time: 2.0s)—N₂ (purging time: 1.5-3.0 s). The rest is the same as in Example 1.

Example 4

The difference from Example 1 is: this is a ALD deposition of PIprepared from monomer raw materials 3,3′,4,4-diphenyl ethertetracarboxylic dianhydride and 4,4′-diaminediphenyl sulfone on thesurface of quantum carbon-based film, the deposition cycle and thereaction conditions are as follows: 3,3′,4,4-diphenyl ethertetracarboxylic dianhydride gas pulses (deposition temperature: 128° C.,pulse time: 3.0 s)—N₂ (purging time: 1.5-3.0 s) —4,4′-diaminediphenylsulfone gas pulse (deposition temperature: 154° C., pulse time: 2.0s)—N₂ (purging time: 1.5-3.0 s). The rest is the same as in Example 1.

The product properties obtained from the above four examples are shownin the following table:

Exam- Exam- Exam- Exam- ple 1 ple 2 ple 3 ple 4 Conductor Volumeresistivity 0.1 layer (mΩ · cm) (quantum Flex resistance ≥1,500 timescarbon- property based Thermal ≥1,200 film) conductivity (W/m · K)Insulating Deposition rate 4.9 4.3 5.6 6.1 layer (PI (Å/cycle) film)Deposited film 22 19 25 27 thickness@45000 cycles (μm) Thicknesstolerance <5% <5% <5% <5% Roughness (nm) <2 <2 <2 <2 Peel strength TapeTape Tape Tape test test test test pass pass pass pass Surface 1.6 × 1.5× 1.8 × 1.7 × resistance (Ω) 10¹⁴ 10¹⁴ 10¹⁴ 10¹⁴ Coefficient of ≤20 ≤20≤20 ≤20 thermal expansion (ppm/° C.) T_(g) (° C.) 350 368 380 375Elastic modulus 5.62 5.38 5.87 5.69 (GPa)

The test results show that by replacing the conductor copper foil in theconventional FCCL with the quantum carbon-based film, the manufacturedcarbon-based film has the characteristics of good thermal and electricalconductivity and excellent bending resistance. Meanwhile, by adoptingthe CVD method to deposit the PI thin film, the PI thin film depositedby the CVD method is uniformly distributed on the surface area of thewhole quantum carbon-based film, the appearance is smooth, the thicknesstolerance is not more than 5%, the roughness is not more than 2 nm, thebonding force with the quantum carbon base film is good, no peeling orshedding occurs in the tape test, and the film thickness can be flexiblycontrolled by adjusting the deposition cycle times. And the deposited PIfilm has good heat resistance and good dimensional stability, lowthermal expansion coefficient and good insulating property.

Comparative Example 1

The only difference from Example 1 is: the surface of the quantumcarbon-based film is not subjected to plasma modification treatment, andis directly used for CVD deposition of PI after being dried. The resultsshow that there is obvious peeling or shedding phase of PI depositedthin film from the surface of quantum carbon film in the tape test,which indicates that the bonding force between PI film and quantumcarbon film is weak. Since the surface of the quantum carbon-based filmwhich has not been plasma-treated is more hydrophobic, it shows lessbinding force macroscopically.

In a preferred embodiment, the flexible circuit board base material ofthe manufactured quantum carbon-based film/PI (20 μm/20 μm) double-layercomposite structure is a C-C-FPC flexible circuit substrate or aC-C-FCCL substrate material having high electrical conductivity,ultra-flexibility, high thermal conductivity and high frequencycharacteristics.

In a specific embodiment, the method for manufacturing thehigh-frequency ultramicro circuit by laser etching on the substratematerial comprises the following specific steps of:

(1) Cleaning treatment: cleaning the quantum carbon-based film;

(2) Determining a scanning track: contour processing is performed on acircuit board wire graph by using a data computer, and the graph isdrawn in an Auto-CAD document format;

(3) Importing the drawn Auto-CAD document into a laser, and placing theflexible circuit board base material based on a flexible carbon-basedfilm on a laser carrier/stage;

(4) Setting laser parameters: the laser output energy is 0.5-1.0 J/cm²,and the laser scanning speed is 50-300 mm/s, performing laser scanningetching according to parameters, and manufacturing a high-frequencyultramicro antenna circuit based on the ultrathin adhesivelesscarbon-based flexible base material.

The optimal laser energy density is 0.8 J/cm², laser scanning speed is100 mm/s, line width/line spacing is 5 nm/5 nm.

The foregoing is a further detailed description of the present inventionin connection with specific/preferred embodiments, and is not to beconstrued as limiting the present invention to such specificembodiments. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art thatvarious substitutions and modifications can be made to the describedembodiments without departing from the spirit of the present invention,and it is intended that such substitutions and modifications fall withinthe scope of the present invention. In the description of thisspecification, reference to the description of the terms “oneembodiment”, “some embodiments”, “preferred embodiments”, “examples”,“specific examples”, or “some examples”, etc., means that a particularfeature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connectionwith the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment orexample of the present invention. In the present specification,schematic expressions of the above terms are not necessarily directed tothe same embodiments or examples. Furthermore, the particular features,structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined inany one or more embodiments or examples in a suitable manner. Moreover,various embodiments or examples described in this specification, as wellas features of various embodiments or examples, may be incorporated andcombined by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope ofthe invention.

Those skilled in the art will readily observe that numerousmodifications and alterations of the device and method may be made whileretaining the teachings of the invention. Accordingly, the abovedisclosure should be construed as limited only by the metes and boundsof the appended claims.

What is claimed is:
 1. A preparation method of an ultramicro circuitboard based on an ultrathin adhesiveless flexible carbon-based material,comprising the steps of: S1. depositing to form a PI film on a surfaceof a quantum carbon-based film through a chemical vapor deposition (CVD)reaction, and manufacturing a flexible circuit board base material witha quantum carbon-based film/PI double-layer composite structure; and S2.manufacturing a high-frequency ultramicro circuit antenna on theflexible circuit board base material through a laser scanning etchingmethod.
 2. The preparation method of the ultramicro circuit board ofclaim 1, wherein when the high-frequency ultramicro circuit antenna ismanufactured in the step S2, a laser energy density is controlled to be0.5-1.0 J/cm², preferably 0.8 J/cm², and a laser scanning speed iscontrolled to be 50-300 mm/s, preferably 100 mm/s; preferably, a circuitline width/line spacing is 5 nm/5 nm; preferably, an antenna ultramicrocircuit is etched in alignment by rapidly moving a beam through ascanning galvanometer, and non-contact analog imaging is employed. 3.The preparation method of the ultramicro circuit board of claim 1,further comprising the step of manufacturing the quantum carbon-basedfilm before the step S1: S01. hybridizing anhydride containing phenylwith diamine to obtain a thermoplastic polyimide resin precursor; S02.preparing a polyimide thin film by using the thermoplastic polyimideresin precursor; S03. carbonizing and blackleading the polyimide thinfilm, doping nano-metal to the polyimide thin film, and performing ionimplantation and ion exchange, wherein a nano monoclinic crystal phasein the film is changed into a tetragonal crystal, and the single crystalis changed into a superlattice; and S04. performing high-temperatureannealing treatment on the material obtained in the step S03 to generatea super-flexible ultra-thin compound semiconductor film.
 4. Thepreparation method of the ultramicro circuit board of claim 3, whereinin the step S02, a diamino dianthryl ether is used for gel synthesiswith the thermoplastic polyimide resin precursor, and a blowout typespraying method is used for uniformly forming a film to obtain aheterogeneous hybridized polyimide thin film; preferably, the gelsynthesis is performed above −100° C., preferably the diamino dianthrylether has a hybridized molecular weight greater than 1,000,000.
 5. Thepreparation method of the flexible carbon-based film of claim 3, whereinin the step S03, when dehydrogenating and denitrifying during ablackleading process, nano-metal is doped with a protective gas at apressure of 50 Kpa, and the nano-metal is selected from Al, Ga, In andGe, preferably from Ga, In and Ge, with a particle size of 1,000 nm orless, preferably 400 nm or less.
 6. The preparation method of theflexible carbon-based film of claim 3, wherein in the step S04, anannealing process is performed at a temperature not lower than 3,200° C.to make a base film material expand, deoxidize and replace, transformcrystal phase change to meet the high-orientation requirement of thesuperlattice.
 7. The preparation method of the ultramicro circuit boardof claim 1, wherein the step S1 comprises: firstly performing plasmamodification treatment on a surface of the quantum carbon-based film,preferably argon plasma, and generating an acrylic acid grafted layer onthe surface of the quantum carbon-based film through a graftingreaction; and then depositing on the surface of the quantum carbon-basedfilm to form the PI film; preferably, a plasma treatment discharge poweris 20-150 W, a working air pressure is 10-100 Pa, and a treatment timeis 5-30 min; preferably, the discharge power is 70 W, the workingpressure is 70 Pa, and the treatment time is 15 min; preferably,generating the acrylic graft layer comprises: immersing the quantumcarbon-based film subjected to plasma treatment into an acrylic acidsolution with a volume concentration of 2%-10% for grafting reaction;preferably, the concentration of the acrylic acid solution is 4%;preferably, the surface of the film is rinsed with distilled water afterbeing immersed in the acrylic acid solution and heated in a 40° C. waterbath for 5-6 h, then the film is immersed in distilled water, and afterbeing heated in a 60° C. water bath for 24 h, the quantum carbon-basedfilm is vacuum dried.
 8. The preparation method of claim 1, wherein thestep S1 further comprises: performing rapid thermal treatment on theformed PI film to completely imidize the PI film and eliminate aninternal stress of the PI film; preferably, performing rapid thermaltreatment on the freshly deposited PI film in a rapid thermal annealing(RTA) furnace in an inert gas atmosphere, preferably nitrogen, for 10min at a thermal treatment temperature of 200-350° C.
 9. The preparationmethod of claim 1, wherein in the step S1, depositing to form the PIfilm comprises: alternately depositing a monomer dianhydride precursorand a monomer diamine precursor on the surface of the quantumcarbon-based film, and performing cyclic deposition, wherein a thicknessof the deposited film is controlled by controlling the number of cyclesof deposition; preferably, the monomeric dianhydride precursor is one ora combination of several of 3,3′,4,4′-biphenyltetracarboxylicdianhydride, 2,3,3′,4′-diphenyl ether tetracarboxylic dianhydride,3,3′,4,4-diphenyl ether tetracarboxylic dianhydride and 2, 2-bis(3,4-dicarboxyphenyl) hexafluoropropionic dianhydride; the monomericdiamine precursor is one or a combination of several ofm-phenylenediamine, p-phenylenediamine, 3,3′-diaminodiphenyl ether,3,4′-diaminodiphenyl ether, 3,3′-diaminotoluene, 3,3′-diaminediphenylsulfone and 4,4′-diamine diphenyl sulfone; preferably, one depositioncycle comprises the steps of: S11. sending the evaporated monomerdianhydride precursor to the surface of the quantum carbon-based film inthe form of an inert gas pulse, preferably nitrogen pulse for a pulseperiod of 1.5-7.0 s, preferably 3.0 s, and at a reactor pressure of 2-3mbar; and S12. sending the evaporated monomer diamine precursor to thesurface of the quantum carbon-based film in the form of an inert gaspulse, preferably nitrogen pulse, and reacting with a dianhydrideprecursor which is chemisorbed on the surface of the quantumcarbon-based film for a pulse time of 1.0-5.0 s, preferably 2.0 s, andat a reactor pressure of 2-3 mbar; more preferably, after steps S11 and12, an inert gas purge, preferably nitrogen purge, is performed beforethe next step, preferably a purging time is 1.5-3.0 s.
 10. An ultramicrocircuit board based on an ultrathin adhesiveless flexible carbon-basedmaterial, being an ultramicro circuit board prepared by using the methodof claim 1.